All action functions are generated automatically, so there are only
two files you need to edit:
-(1) src/generator.ml: Add your new action, parameters, description,
-etc. to the big list called 'functions' at the top of this file.
+(1) generator/generator_actions.ml: Add your new action, parameters,
+description, etc. to the big list at the top of this file.
(2) Edit/create a C file in daemon/ subdirectory which implements your
'do_action' function. Take a look at one of the numerous examples
appliance/
The qemu appliance, build scripts and so on.
-cat/
- The virt-cat tool.
-
capitests/
Automated tests of the C API.
contrib/
Outside contributions, experimental parts.
+csharp/
+ Experimental C# bindings.
+
daemon/
The daemon that runs inside the guest and carries out actions.
-df/
- The virt-df tool.
-
-edit/
- The virt-edit tool.
-
examples/
The examples.
fish/
Guestfish (the command-line program / shell)
+fuse/
+ FUSE (userspace filesystem) built on top of libguestfs.
+
+generator/
+ The crucially important generator, used to automatically
+ generate large amounts of boilerplate C code for things like
+ RPC and bindings.
+
haskell/
Haskell bindings.
+hivex/ [removed in 1.0.85]
+ This used to contain the hivex library for reading and
+ writing Windows Registry binary hive files. This is now
+ available as a separate upstream project.
+
images/
Some guest images to test against. These are gzipped to save
space. You have to unzip them before use.
OCaml bindings.
po/
- Translations.
+ Translations of simple gettext strings. For translations of
+ longer documents, see po-docs/.
+
+po-docs/
+ The build infrastructure and PO files for translations of
+ manpages and POD files. Eventually this will be combined
+ with the po/ directory, but that is rather complicated.
perl/
Perl bindings.
regressions/
Regression tests.
-rescue/
- The virt-rescue tool.
-
ruby/
Ruby bindings.
+tools/
+ Command line tools like virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit and more.
+ In versions <= 1.0.73 these were all in separate directories
+ like cat/, df/, edit/, but since then we moved them all into
+ one directory to simplify builds.
+
src/
Source code to the C library.
- Also contains the crucial generator program.
test-tool/
Interactive qemu/kernel test tool.